[Gumstix-users] USB Host/USB OTG as serial

[Mohamad N. <fix...@de...>]

Dear all,

I currently have a gumstix overo water, mounted on a chestnut, and looking
to control another piece of hardware via serial port. I am looking for other
options other than using the 2-wire serial port supplied by the chestnut
board, namely the USB Host and USB OTG. So I would like to post some
questions about it:-

1. Is it feasible for one to use the USB Host or the USB OTG as a serial
port? If yes, which USB port would be more suitable for the job?

2. If I understand this correctly, ttyUSB* is the serial port equivalent
that hangs on the USB port denoted by *, and usbmon is the general USB
sniffer (USB monitor). Is my understanding correct in general?

3. If (1) is feasible, then, if I am not mistaken, the next step I have to
do is to create the ttyUSB*, since there's only usbmon0, usbmon1, and
usbmon2 inside the /dev/ directory. Are there specific steps to do this? (I
tried to follow the steps posted 
http://www.mwgaa.com/blog/2010/01/17/gumstix-eat-your-pyserial/ here , to
fail at the insmod part)

I am using the palmtop-image dated 27.04.2010 on the Gumstix. 

Thank you all in advance

Regards,
Mohamad Najib
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